Yasuhiko Asaka

Yasuhiko Asaka (20 October 1887-12 April 1981) was a General of the Imperial Japanese Army who commanded the Shanghai Expeditionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Biography
Yasuhiko Asaka was born on 20 October 1887 in Kyoto, Japan, descended from one of the four branches of the imperial dynasty. Yasuhiko graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908 and was a Lieutenant-Colonel by 1922, studying at Saint-Cyr in France. In 1923, he was injured in a car crash that killed Naruhisa Kitashira, leaving him with a limp for the rest of his life. Prince Yasuhiko became a Major-General in 1929, and in 1937 he was sent to Iwane Matsui's Japanese Central China Area Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in 1938 he issued an order to kill all of the captives of the IJA, leading to the Rape of Nanking massacre. That same year, he was recalled to Japan, never holding another title. He was not tried for any war crimes, and he died in 1981 at the age of 93.